Ligament and tendon viscoelasticity
Conclusions


Ligament creep slope depends on stress; relaxation slope depends on strain. Therefore ligament is nonlinearly viscoelastic. The nonlinearity does not follow QLV.

Tendon creep slope depends on stress. The nonlinearity does not follow QLV.

Tendon recovery is faster than creep. The nonlinearity does not follow QLV.